Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 618: Set Out for the Galactic Center
From this piece of information, Xiao Yu keenly detected a key phrase, namely the two words ‘mechanical direction.’ Following these two words was Level 7 Civilization. What a Level 7 Civilization meant was easy to understand, but what mechanical direction meant was something that deserved Xiao Yu’s careful thought.
“The two words mechanical direction seem to be a kind of scope-limiting term. They indicate and confine the category of this Level 7 Civilization.”
“It seems there are many different kinds of Level 7 Civilizations. These two words mechanical direction mean that this Level 7 Civilization takes machinery as its development direction. Then outside of the mechanical direction, would there be other directions. What directions are there.” Xiao Yu began thinking rapidly.
This was the first time Xiao Yu had obtained intelligence regarding a Level 7 Civilization. Previously, apart from knowing that reaching the category of a Level 7 Civilization was exceptionally difficult and that there might even be something like the so-called Taihao Civilization, Xiao Yu could be said to know nothing about Level 7 Civilizations.
“If this Level 7 Civilization takes machinery as its development direction, then it can be affirmed that there must be other Level 7 Civilizations that take other aspects as their development direction. Does this mean that after breaking through Level 6, because the aspects of technology faced are too numerous and complex while a civilization’s energy is limited, a Level 7 Civilization can only choose one aspect among this infinite array of technologies as its development direction.”
In fact, Xiao Yu had already sensed this issue now, namely the existence of civilization-unique technologies. In the process of ascending to a Level 6 Civilization, Xiao Yu had destroyed the Molian Civilization, destroyed the Predator Civilization, destroyed the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, obtained a vast amount of civilization-unique technologies, and only then completed the accumulation to advance to Level 6. Yet this process likewise indicated that a civilization’s capacity is limited. It cannot be all-encompassing, and it will always have omissions. The technology a civilization omits may be something very commonplace within another civilization. For the civilization that omitted it, such technology is another civilization’s unique technology.
Just like the light science Xiao Yu acquired from the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.
The technology of the Level 5 range could no longer be completely researched by a single civilization, so what about Level 7. How vast would the technological scope faced by a Level 7 Civilization be. Facing almost endless research topics, perhaps even if every member of the civilization were a genius scientist, there would be no way to resolve all of these topics completely.
Then the two words mechanical direction were easy to understand. The answer was obvious. The technological scope faced by a Level 7 Civilization was too vast. It could not be all-encompassing. Therefore, within these infinite possibilities of development, it had to choose one direction, concentrate all its scientific research energy entirely on this one direction, and take it as its development objective. It was very obvious that the mechanical direction Level 7 Civilization mentioned in the Arboreal Race alien beast’s memories took machinery as its development objective.
“Mm, so it is indeed like this.” From the Arboreal Race alien beast’s memory data analyzed thereafter, Xiao Yu confirmed his deduction. “Mechanical direction. That is, a Level 7 Civilization that takes various precision mechanical manufacture as its development direction. Because mechanical technology is too advanced, this class of civilization possesses an energy usage method more advanced than any other kind of Level 7 Civilization. Their creations are works of unparalleled craftsmanship, worthy of being called miracles. A mechanical direction Level 7 Civilization can rely on an ordinary star as nourishment to shuttle back and forth across several hundred galaxies.”
This was all that could be found in the Arboreal Race alien beast’s memories regarding mechanical direction Level 7 Civilizations. This material set Xiao Yu thinking deeply.
“Relying on a single star as nourishment and being able to shuttle back and forth across several hundred galaxies. This, this is too shocking.” Xiao Yu murmured. “In comparison, my energy utilization rate is such that towing the small universe forward for one year requires consuming eight thousandths of a solar mass. A single star can only allow me to advance a little over ten thousand light years. Although this piece of information does not state whether the mechanical direction Level 7 Civilization carries other things during intergalactic travel, one fact is apparent. Even the Sweepers Civilization is far from capable of conducting intergalactic travel relying on a single star. Ten stars would not do either, much less shuttling across several hundred galaxies. Compared to the Sweepers Civilization, in energy utilization, this mechanical direction Level 7 Civilization is advanced by who knows how many times. The most ordinary creation of such a civilization would probably bring me a leap forward in technology.”
“I am now at a distance of nearly twenty thousand light years from the Galactic Center. At my present speed, if I were to move while towing the small universe, factoring in the time for mid-journey resupply, I would need about two thousand years to arrive. In the Arboreal Race alien beast’s memories, the time for the ruin to open is two thousand three hundred years later. If I want to go to this ruin, time is entirely sufficient, except…”
Xiao Yu hesitated. The value contained in the ruin of a Level 7 Civilization needed no elaboration. It was something enough to drive any civilization mad. Yet because the value was too great, Xiao Yu hesitated.
“Unfortunately, I did not find in the Arboreal Race alien beast’s memories any information on how it obtained this message, so I cannot deduce whether only it knew this message, or whether other Level 6 Civilizations, such as the Sweepers, the Guardians, and the like, knew it too. If only it knew, that would naturally be good. If other civilizations knew as well, then…”
This was precisely what Xiao Yu was hesitating over. If the Sweepers, the Guardians, the Taihao Alliance, and the other two Level 6 alien beasts also knew this news and all rushed over when the ruin opened, Xiao Yu truly had little confidence in obtaining what was stored within the ruin. He did not even know whether he could retreat unscathed. After all, any one of the above existences was much stronger than Xiao Yu, and any one of them could batter Xiao Yu into a sorry state of flight.
Xiao Yu began a comprehensive evaluation of his current combat power.
“In one thousand years, the Specter will reach the level of a Level 4 Specter, which is equivalent to a Level 6 alien beast. In two thousand years, if I go all out with construction, I can probably build one hundred Planet-Class warships. However, one hundred Planet-Class warships would likely still not be a match for a single Star-Class warship. The Guardian Civilization has the Radiance, and its conventional combat strength is certainly not low. Technology Taihao has the Meson. Whether it has conventional combat strength is not yet clear, but since it is allied with Specter Taihao and Alien Beast Taihao, its strength already surpasses that of the Guardian Civilization. Overall, under the protection of a Level 4 Specter, escaping should still be feasible. But this is only when facing alien beasts and the Taihao Alliance and the Guardian Civilization. If I encounter the Sweepers Civilization, I do not even know whether I can escape.”
After pondering for a while, Xiao Yu steeled himself and made a decision. “Fortune favors the bold. If I can obtain even the most ordinary creation from the ruin, it would be a tremendous boon for me. Then that is that. Set out for the Galactic Center. If the situation looks unfavorable, I will simply flee. If I cannot even flee, then I will accept it.”
Having made this decision, Xiao Yu immediately piloted the Asia spaceship and the escort fleet, towing the small universe, and headed toward the Galactic Center at a speed of 108 times the speed of light. At the same time, within the small universe, the large-scale construction tasks began anew.
The previous phase of construction was already nearing its end. Xiao Yu had stored approximately fifty million warships. Adding another fifty million under his direct control, ready for war at any time, Xiao Yu now had a total of one hundred million warships. In addition, the planetary transformation task was not yet complete, but the stellar energy collection devices and the massive energy base capable of burning the equivalent of seven Earth masses per day had been completed.
Towing the small universe occupied 60 percent of Xiao Yu’s computing power. Another 20 percent was used for operating warships, early warning, scientific deductions, planetary modification, and similar matters. The remaining 20 percent of computing power Xiao Yu invested entirely into construction.
Xiao Yu already had the technology to build Planet-Class warships, but had been hampered by a shortcoming in materials science, so he could not manufacture them. Now, with the Arboreal Race alien beast’s flesh as a source of materials, the final obstacle to building Planet-Class warships had disappeared.
Thus, the large-scale construction tasks began again. In this high-speed superluminal curvature flight, one spaceship after another was being manufactured.
This time, Xiao Yu did not intend to build only one hundred Planet-Class warships. To match them, Xiao Yu also planned to use the Arboreal Race alien beast’s flesh to build at least fifty million conventional warships. After all, there was a great quantity of the alien beast’s flesh, and Xiao Yu did not worry about it being insufficient. The excellent performance of the alien beast’s flesh would bring tremendous performance improvements to these warships. Through this method, Xiao Yu was doing everything possible to enhance his own strength in order to secure enough benefits when the Level 7 Civilization ruin opened.
Just imagining the scene of commanding fifty million ships all built from the flesh of a peak Level 6 alien beast in battle made Xiao Yu’s blood boil.
“In the entire Milky Way Galaxy, besides me, who else has such grand means. I fear that even the Guardians and the Sweepers do not have such a vast reserve of Level 6 alien beast flesh.” Xiao Yu thought with pride.
“All construction tasks will draw to a close when I arrive at the Galactic Center. At that time, it will be the first time my Divine Ark Civilization makes its name resound across the galaxy.” 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Under such circumstances, Xiao Yu’s fleet advanced at high speed.
